The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-10
JOHN M0STS SANCTUM.
A DEN WHERE ANARCHY IS BRED
AND NURTURED.


Internal Machines Easy Lessons in
the Art of Assassination.
Nelc York Special to the Chicago Daily NetcS
Since Johann Mosts release | had often
resolved to visit his editorial sanctum and
see some of his surroundings, but | never
had the opportunity until few days ago,
when / sought William street and paused a
moment before 1877 This is the place where
undiluted anarchy presents itself through
the medium of the Freiheit which has sue
ceeded so well that it has been enlarged to
double its former size. On the ground floor
a lager beer saloon is doing thriving bust
ness, and the old saying that Teutonic jour
nalism always manifeSts an inclination to
take up its abode in proximity to place
where honors are paid to King Gambrinus
| is borne out in this instance, even when the
journalists wage war on all other monarchs
Entering the hallway you will notice, as
soon as your eyes are able TO penetrate the
darkness, large red banner ON the wall
bearing the inscription, "Vive la Com
munen A cast-iron letter-box, marked
| John Most, attracts ones attention for
| moment, and then we ascend two flights or
narrow, creaky stairs, and step into a large,
dilapidated room, extending over the entire
top floor of the building. Here the Frejhen
is written, put into type, and, after being
| printed elsewhere, mailed to subscribers.
| There us hardly a country on the globe
| which has not the honor of giving shelter to
| some Anarchist subscriber A perfect del
uge of revolutionary pamphlets issues from
this forlorn-looking loft
| About Il dozen men were engaged III fold
ing and wrapping the latest number of the
| Freiheit In order to keep up their spirits
or ,arI oil " of IA
favorite German beverage Is consumed,
| cigars and short pipes emit big clouds of
| smoke and "A noisy debate is carried on all
the time Every one OF these strengthening
| specimens OF humanity strives To assume All
| air that suggests his merely waiting for
| favorable opportunity to slaughter all mon
archs and capitalists on the face of the
earth. There are Germans, Frenchmen,
| Russians, Bohemians, and a Dane in the
| group. Regular employment is a notion too
| conservative and utterly foreign to their
minds. They are here folding papers to
serve the revolutionary cause, and receive
no other recompense than tine consciousness
OF having performed their duty.
ovERAwING THE VISITORS
One of the heroes, who evidently desires
| to overawe us, takes a small quantity of
| gun-cotton out of his pocket, another pro
duces sample of dynamite, and each as
| serts that the stuff he carries is all excellent
agent to further the grand idea of universal
| anarchy All join in a dispute concerning
| the most effective methods for blowing up
| public Institutions, and the folding business
| is meanwhile neglected The Anarchist
chief, Herr Most, has been converSing with
| good-looking young female Anarchist,
who came over for the purpose of paying
| her respects to the great dynamiter: but
now his attention is directed to his hot
| headed disciples.
Get through your work." he shouts,
''you may babble all you want afLerwardW
The admonition is needed only for a few
/ moments. The folders have a theme de-
| handing urgent action. The sentence of
the Chicago Anarchists has excited the
wrath of every Anarchist and frenzied cries
of threatened vengeance burst forth from
| all sides. Herr Most again commands
| silence, and his announcement that mass
| meeting would be held on Sunday, at which
| both English and German speakers would
be present, is hailed with tumultous
applause The presence of strangers seem
to be fully ignored for the moment. The
Anarchists fully understand that they are
| at liberty here to run the revolutionary
machine at their own sweet pleasure, SO
long as the struggle is confined to the
| tongue. | conclude to invest Sc, and copy
! of the Freheit is handed to me- The editor
reflects upon the propriety of national
| thanksgiving. His language is not choice,
but rather painfully harsh. Here is a goodly
| specimen:
"Ouf army of the unemployed, probably
| will give thanks that the capitalists are so
very prosperous. Poor haggard women will
give thanks over their weak tea and dry
| bakers bread that they have been allowed
to lay up wealth for their employers. Fac
tory children, who never see anything but
the grim shop walls by daylight, will give
thanks that the cormorants of society
have not taken the last mouthful away
| from Them
Another article deals with the anti-Chi-
nese movement on the Pacific coast, and
urges the white workingnen to expel every
greedy monopolist instead of prosecuting
| the poor celestial.
| ANARCHISTIC LITERATURE AND WEAPONS
Before proceed to inspect the curicusy
decorated walls my attention is called to an
assortment of anarchistic literature spread
on a large table. The most extraordinary
productions Of fever-brained revolutionists
from all countries are here exposed for sale.
The works of Herr Most occupy the most
conspicuous place. and titles like Cote
spect und Religrionsenche, - "Eigenthums-
bestie" and Elements of Revolutionary
Warfare" embelliSh the title pages | open
the last book at haphaZard and read
The best of all preparations to be used
for poisoning is curari.
by heating a dagger and then tempering
it in oil of oleander the inhiction of light
wound would be sufficient to produce blood
poisoning and death.
The cheapest and least expensive way is
to apply mixture of red phosphorus and
gum arabicum to the dagger, cartridge, etc
This precious stuff [dynamitel, which is
able to blast a mass of solid rock, might
also do good service at an assembly of royal
or aristocratc personages, or at an enter
tainment patronized by monopolists."
Herr Most, who had eyed me sharply,
asked at last: would you like to join our
circle or perhaps it is only few of your
private enemies you contemplate doing ups
All necessary information can be had by
studying my 'Kriegswissencraft' " The hint
was broad one, and l thought it the safest
plan to spend dime on the murder
pamphlet" thus propitiating the tiger in his
den.
The room might be considered at first
glance an armory. There are revolvers of
all constructions, daggers, rifles, Internal
machines, and big saber with a rusty
scabbard l could scarcely repress laugh
at this relic of the great French revolution,
or some equally remote historic event
''You make a mistake by laughing" said
Most unsheathing the sword "You will
observe the blade is as sharp as a razor
and he added, with a certain pride, "the
point is, by way of experiment, coated with